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practical nurse

noun

  1. a person who has not graduated from an accredited school of nursing but whose vocation is caring for the sick.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of practical nurse1

First recorded in 1920–25

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Example Sentences

She toiled as a waitress to support the boys, and later became a licensed practical nurse.

Some one person must be responsible for them and when possible this person should be either a trained nurse or a practical nurse.

Supposedly she has a job as some sort of a practical nurse in a hospital right now.

She liked the work better than sewing, and upon her release she persuaded several doctors to recommend her as a practical nurse.

Trained nurses get thirty and forty dollars a week and a practical nurse gets seven or eight, and works harder.

"I think it will be best to send you a practical nurse," he said, as he took his departure.

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